Not quite sure what you mean by brackets, but you can get the solution to this equation in a few steps:
<span>(-2x - 1)</span>² <span>= 0 ... square root both sides to eliminate the squared binomial
</span>√(-2x - 1)² = √0 ... simplify; the square is canceled out and the root of 0 brings you back to 0
-2x - 1 = 0 ... solve like a two-step equation
-2x = 1
x = -1/2 is your x-value.
Hello,
f(x)=2x^2-3x+4
f(3a)=2(3a)^2-3*(3a)+4=2*9a²-9a+4=18a²-9a+4
Let x = 0.25555…
10x=2.555…
9x=2.3
90x=23
x=23/90